“Even they [the shaman] do not know what ayahuasca is, because you’re never experiencing ayahuasca. You are always experiencing ayahuasca plus you, and that combination is not ayahuasca. That combination is you and ayahuasca. And that means ayahuasca then is undefinable, we don’t know what it is, which then always allows us to continue to explore the unknown. And it becomes an unlimited journey for us to be able to continue to go further and further and further in our understanding.”

“The shamanism becomes a guide, and the ayahuasca becomes a guide for an exploration of the purity of consciousness.”

“[When interviewing a shaman] especially look at everybody in the eyes. The eyes in ayahuasca tell you everything. If you see people with eyes that get really glossed over and become really shifty, it’s letting you know something there is going on that maybe you don’t want to become like that. Maybe that’s not why you’re there.”

About EROCx1

EROCx1 was the founding member of CyberlabZ circa 1991. A multimedia collective of artist who produced live visuals, intelligent lighting, laser shows, VR environments, music and DJ’ed many concerts, festivals, raves and other underground gatherings in Southern California. Most memorable events were: K-Rave, Narnia, Circa, FutureWorld, Big Wig Thumper.

EROCx1 has been greatly interested in entheogens and highly active in the psychedelic community since his early involvement in the Rave scene. Participating in gatherings, workshops, retreats along with reading and listening to the works of Dr. Timothy Leary, Terence & Dennis McKenna, Albert Hofmann, Richard Evans Schultes, Ram Dass, R. Gordon Wasson, Ralph Metzner, the Shulgin’s, Dale Pendell, Christian Rätsch, Jonathan Ott, Robert Anton Wilson, Carl A. P. Ruck, Rick Strassmen and many other luminaries of our time.
In 2005 it was time to take his interests in ethnobotany to the next level by founding Gaian Botanicals, which has not only been a success, but has opened many doors to meet some really great people.